three years old now

my son turned 3 at the end of july. it’s like a switch happened that night and all of a sudden he’s going crazy. the kid is just non stop. the whining and crying also really heightened. he doesn’t want to listen to anything i say. runs away when im trying to get him to do something. am i doing things wrong? is this my fault or just his age? any other’s going thru this?

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I have described it as a switch flipping too! Or “overnight personality transplant” lol.

Yes my little boy turned 3 at the end of June and a week before his birthday he started tantruming up a storm and was going bonkers all day long (and dropped his nap completely, send help lol) after being a super chill little guy all the way through 2. A few months out now and he has mellowed a bit, but the boundary pushing and endless energy persists lol.

The whining/yelling/crying has died down a bit but only after repeating of “talking that way doesn’t get you what you want” like a thousand times.

Hang in there! I don’t think it’s your parenting, I think it’s just their age!

This exact thing is happening with my son! It’s totally normal stage of development- learning about their autonomy! If you want to DM me we can chat more!

You are not at fault at all!

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